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Fern Name Popularity

How popular is the name Fern? Here’s everything we know.

Year Rank # Births % Births
1910 — 354 0.1005%
1911 — 407 0.1093%
1912 — 578 0.1146%
1913 — 667 0.1176%
1914 — 791 0.1135%
1915 — 1,145 0.126%
1916 — 1,310 0.1356%
1917 — 1,235 0.1234%
1918 — 1,322 0.1232%
1919 — 1,154 0.1102%
1920 — 1,279 0.115%
1921 — 1,270 0.1109%
1922 — 1,190 0.1068%
1923 — 1,146 0.1023%
1924 — 1,031 0.0888%
1925 — 937 0.0829%
1926 — 880 0.08%
1927 — 817 0.0738%
1928 — 775 0.0724%
1929 — 653 0.063%
1930 — 596 0.0571%
1931 — 531 0.0538%
1932 — 463 0.0469%
1933 — 476 0.0511%
1934 — 425 0.044%
1935 — 393 0.0404%
1936 — 359 0.0373%
1937 — 306 0.0311%
1938 — 343 0.0335%
1939 — 279 0.0274%
1940 — 269 0.0253%
1941 — 251 0.0223%
1942 — 264 0.0209%
1943 — 251 0.0192%
1944 — 220 0.0178%
1945 — 181 0.0148%
1946 — 223 0.0151%
1947 — 202 0.0121%
1948 — 200 0.0125%
1949 — 178 0.0111%
1950 — 153 0.0095%
1951 — 205 0.0121%
1952 — 156 0.0089%
1953 — 195 0.011%
1954 — 168 0.0092%
1955 — 153 0.0083%
1956 — 168 0.0089%
1957 — 138 0.0072%
1958 — 124 0.0066%
1959 — 149 0.0078%
1960 — 108 0.0057%
1961 — 100 0.0053%
1962 — 48 0.0026%
1963 — 58 0.0032%
1964 — 42 0.0024%
1965 — 42 0.0026%
1966 — 22 0.0014%
1967 — 23 0.0015%
1968 — 22 0.0015%
1969 — 18 0.0012%
1970 — 16 0.001%
1971 — 15 0.001%
1972 — 7 0.0005%
1973 — 5 0.0004%
1974 — 0 0%
1975 — 0 0%
1976 — 0 0%
1977 — 0 0%
1978 — 0 0%
1979 — 6 0.0004%
1980 — 0 0%
1981 — 5 0.0003%
1982 — 5 0.0003%
1983 — 0 0%
1984 — 0 0%
1985 — 0 0%
1986 — 0 0%
1987 — 0 0%
1988 — 0 0%
1989 — 0 0%
1990 — 0 0%
1991 — 0 0%
1992 — 0 0%
1993 — 0 0%
1994 — 0 0%
1995 — 0 0%
1996 — 0 0%
1997 — 0 0%
1998 — 0 0%
1999 — 0 0%
2000 — 0 0%
2001 — 0 0%
2002 — 0 0%
2003 — 0 0%
2004 — 0 0%
2005 — 0 0%
2006 — 0 0%
2007 — 0 0%
2008 — 0 0%
2009 — 0 0%
2010 — 5 0.0003%
2011 — 7 0.0005%
2012 — 8 0.0006%
2013 — 0 0%
2014 — 20 0.0014%
2015 — 34 0.0023%
2016 — 29 0.002%
2017 — 38 0.0027%
2018 — 74 0.0054%
2019 — 56 0.0041%
2020 — 79 0.0062%
2021 — 78 0.0064%
2022 — 91 0.0069%
2023 — 103 0.008%

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What names are variants of Fern?

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Name Meaning Origin Popularity Other Gender
Ferna

Fern

English

Ferne

Fern

English

What names sound like Fern?

If you like how Fern sounds, you might also like these names that sound like Fern.

Name Meaning Origin Popularity Other Gender
Faren

Adventurous

English

Farin

Adventurous

English

Faryn

Adventurous

English

Ferran

Adventurous

English

Ferryn

Adventurous

English

Fran

From France

Latin

Verna

Spring green

Latin

Verne

Spring green

Latin

Veron

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3 Comments

  1. My grandmother and mom and I have middle names of LaFern. Not sure of meaning or origin.

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  3. Fern is my great-grandmother’s name and also my middle name

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